BANGKOK, Thailand – The explosion took place in the centre of the Thai
capital at around 7pm killing at least 20
and 20 have been injured after a bomb blast in the centre of Bangkok, which
would have been packed with tourists.
Police confirmed the explosion, near a shrine at a major
Bangkok road, was from a bomb but no one has yet claimed responsibility for the
terror attack.
Witnesses said victims were ‘blown to pieces’ after the
explosion outside the Erawan Shrine in the downtown Chidlom district of the
Thai capital.
‘I can confirm it was a bomb, we can’t tell which kind yet,
we are checking,’ national police spokesman Lietenant General Prawut
Thavornsiri told AFP.
The Erawan is an enormously popular shrine to the Hindu god
Brahma but is visited by thousands of Buddhist devotees every day.
It is located on a main road through Bangkok’s commercial hub
and is surrounded by three major
shopping malls.
shopping malls.
Source: AFP
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